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Home » water quality

Tag: water quality

Biogas digesters in California
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Michigan biodigester bills raise water pollution concerns: ‘Health and tourism disaster’

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt May 16, 2025May 16, 2025

Environmental advocates in Michigan are raising alarms over proposed legislation that could deregulate digestate, a biogas byproduct, citing risks of groundwater contamination and legal violations.

BASF Wyandotte plant
Posted inNews

BASF Detroit River pollution: Environmental regulators discuss remedy for contaminated groundwater

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt May 1, 2025May 1, 2025
St. Clair River and Blue Water Bridge
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St. Clair River oil spill doesn’t threaten Michigan, officials say

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt March 31, 2025March 31, 2025
A person uses a hose to fill up a tub of water
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Ten years after the Flint Water Crisis, distrust and anger linger

Avatar photo by ProPublica May 6, 2024May 8, 2024
A power plant sits on a hill behind a chain link fence
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New EPA regulations target air, water, land and climate pollution from power plants, especially those that burn coal

Avatar photo by The Conversation May 1, 2024May 1, 2024
Water pours into a glass on a table
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EPA finalizes the nation’s first PFAS limits in drinking water

Avatar photo by Grist April 15, 2024April 15, 2024
Posted inAccountability

Contaminated water likely not poisoning city, officials claim

Avatar photo by Tom Perkins August 24, 2023January 19, 2024
Posted inAccountability

Regulators fail for 43 years to stop BASF from ‘staggering’ daily toxic waste spill into Detroit River

Avatar photo by Tom Perkins August 3, 2023October 31, 2024
An aerial view shows mostly river
Posted inAccountability

Michigan executives renew call for accelerated fed, state clean up of toxic sediment in the Detroit River

Avatar photo by Gary Wilson June 22, 2023January 19, 2024
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New pipe would send Grosse Pointe Park’s raw sewage into Lake St. Clair

Avatar photo by Brian Allnutt May 25, 2023January 20, 2024

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